Effect of mammography outreach in women veterans

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 150-152

  Dalessandri, Kathie M ^a,b   Cooper, Melissa ^a   Rucker, Tumaini ^c  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VAPAHCS ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; SOLDIER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VETERANS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0031782051     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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